November 9, 2010
Harshvardhan November 9, 2010
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An excerpt from an in-depth study of the success, the limitations and the challenges of KPS, an organization that promotes poultry rearing as an alternative livelihood, for the poorest of the poor, who have so far been migrating and working as labour for survival
October 15, 2010
Rakesh Tiwary October 15, 2010
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Examining the irrigation sharing practices among beneficiary groups, their conflicts and conflict resolution mechanisms, the study identifies the scope for formal ans sustainable institutional mechanisms for community managed irrigation systems. This study was carried out for PRADAN, Ranchi and Jharkhand.
October 8, 2010
Peter Cornish October 8, 2010
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Efficient use of water and land, including the storing of excess run-off and the cultivation of alternative crops to lowland rice such as vegetables and pulses, are some of the ways to ensure food security and decent livelihoods for the subsistence farmers in the East India Plateau.
September 22, 2010
Deep Joshi September 22, 2010
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Allocating financial resources to the rain-fed areas in the country will result in the country reaping huge dividends; organizing people to use the legitimate space that NREGA allows could be civil society’s way of meeting the challenge of transforming the de-humanizing poverty in rural areas
September 19, 2010
Avijit Choudhury September 19, 2010
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Amidst kilometre upon kilometre of parched, barren land lies the tribal village of Amagara—a verdant oasis of crops and vegetables—the result of the efforts of the farmers, who dared to risk and experiment with new ideas, methods and technology.
August 19, 2010
Kuntalika Kumbhakar August 19, 2010
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Using the resources of the land and experimenting with different kinds of crops and vegetables helped one enterprising villager of Amagara to become selfsufficient, without having to migrate for work as agricultural labour or unskilled labour on construction sites in big cities.
August 4, 2010
B. Umesh Rai August 4, 2010
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Tapping into the enormous potential of the school dropouts and the youth of the rural communities, the Saral TA courses in ICT training seek to transfer knowledge and skills in the basic management of specific applications, tailored to the needs of the rural ICT projects, thereby empowering them and stemming, to some measure, the flow of migration to urban areas and giving back to the rural communities valuable assets in the form of trained ICT personnel.
June 6, 2010
Ranjit Gupta June 6, 2010
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Using a conceptual framework Prof. ranjit gupta suggests ways to address poverty and development.
June 4, 2010
Vivek Vyas June 4, 2010
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Developing degraded forest lands through collective management by the tribals and in collaboration with the government, the vuS seeks shape democratic institutions, and conserve land rights and tenure of communities on these lands.
June 2, 2010
K. Sathyanarayana June 2, 2010
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Recognizing the growth potential of carbon trading, which is still in its initial days, this article explores more fully as to how the benefits of carbon trading can be linked to the tasar rearing activities that are being promoted by Pradan in the poorer regions.